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I will start:
Prudential/Davis Square/1AM/$24 (after tip)

gov't center/galleria mall/ $10

When I moved here from Manhattan, I did look up the fare differences. Boston is $1.75 base, plus 30 cents per 1/8 mile. New York is $2.50 base, plus 40 cents per 1/5 mile.

hmm..was it rush hour that you took the cab? Otherwise you got screwed. I have never paid that much from downtown to the Davis area. I work at the pru and I live in Davis aswell. I usually pay around $13. I assume you watched the route he took? Driving slow? Intentionally missing lights. I've seen it all.

crashbang, simple math says you are cheap, because from downtown to Davis, it must be at least 5 miles. $0.30x8x5miles = $14.40 plus base of $1.75..that's more than $13. am i missing something

crashbang's got it right. Sometimes the cabbies here try to screw you over by taking a messed up route. I've had it happen to me a bunch of times, especially when I was new. You have to speak up if you think they are trying to screw you.

it's 5 mile on the nose from downtown to Davis. Always close to $20 in my experience.

re: TheSkeptic -- that makes cabs 40 cents per mile more expensive here than NY right? Not really a huge difference, esp. considering the base price is higher in NY. I wonder if the difference is just that in NY you are more likely to take a shorter cab ride. Manhattan is only about 10 miles long, and I bet most cab rides are more like a mile or two.

Yah cabs are stupid around here. It seems like whenever I jump in a cab, I jump out at the other end $20 lighter, at least. If the T ran past 12:30 I'd take it more often, but you are kind of stuck when you find yourself piss-drunk in downtown boston at 2am and miles from home. By that time you are so happy just to FIND an unoccupied cab that paying $20 seems like a gift.

And in reference to crashbang: I've learned to always direct the cab driver, all the way to my house. Some of them are fine but some of them try to screw you just because they know you are drunk and think you aren't paying attention.

Kenmore ->
central square is usually 10-15 bucks depending on driver and traffic.

Davis square to longwood runs up to $30. Admittedly a long way, but I could rent a car for the day for that... of course then there is parking...

$30 within the same city. That's insane! For that price, you can fly to Islip (Long Island) on Southwest.

Smidgen, you could do a $30 cab ride from Harlem to Wall Street during rush hour (I live in Manhattan).

I think it has been relatively cheap for me because typically the cabbie gets right on Storrow and hits the highway. Usually it is at night and the traffic is not a problem. I understand the mileage question, but since I am not waiting at lights and know where to direct the cabbie if he seems like he's f%ucking around it is usually not that expensive. And yes, when it comes to cabbies that barely acknowledge my existence because they are talking on their cell phone, drive so horribly I am clutching onto anything I can to resist screaming as said cabbie ducks and weaves through traffic with no regard. When his cab smells like rotting flesh. If I feel (being a girl) that the flirtatious, yet creepy cabbie is one sentence away from "put the lotion in the basket"....I will not tip him more than a buck! Yes that's right, I will be a cheap bastard at that point.

Smitten posted this on the other taxi post. Love it.

http://www.taxifarefinder.com/main.php?city=Boston